Little Orphan Annie (1938)
Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan, (based on Harold Gray's comic strip but who is at no point in the film called 'Little Orphan Annie), is befriended by a fight manager, 'Pop' Corrigan (J. Farrell MacDonald). She brings him Johnny Adams (Robert Kent), a promising prizefighter. Annie gets the people of the neighborhood to finance his training. But on the night of Johnny's big fight, a gambling syndicate locks him in a gymnasium and it appears the neighborhood folks will lose their investment.
- Date of release
- 1938-12-02
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Ben Holmes
Casting
- Ann Gillis — Annie
- Robert Kent — Johnny Adams
- June Travis — Mary Ellen
- J. Farrell MacDonald — 'Pop' Corrigan
- J.M. Kerrigan — Tom Jennings
- Margaret Armstrong — Mrs. Jennings
- Sarah Padden — Mrs. Nora Moriarty
- James Burke — Mike Moriarty
- Ian Maclaren — Soo Long
- Dorothy Vaughan — Mrs. Milligan
- Ben Welden — Spot McGee
- Charles Coleman — The Butler
Interesting facts
Little Orphan Annie is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Ben Holmes, and written by Budd Schulberg and Samuel Ornitz. It is based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray. The film stars Ann Gillis, Robert Kent, June Travis, J. Farrell MacDonald, and J.M. Kerrigan. The film was released on December 2, 1938, by Paramount Pictures.
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